Red Sox Steal Pitcher From Rays With Waiver Claim Prior To Season's End

Boston snagged a lanky right-hander

Scott Neville | Oct 5, 2022

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The Boston Red Sox added some depth to their organization by swiping a 6-foot-6, 205-pound pitcher from their American League East rival Tampa Bay Rays prior to the final game of the regular season.

The Red Sox claimed Easton McGee off of waivers just days after his Major League Baseball debut Sunday. He threw three innings against the Houston Astros with one unearned run allowed, four hits and a strikeout.

The right-hander went 6-9 with a 5.43 ERA but posted an impressive 82-to-20 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 107 2/3 innings with Triple-A Durham this season.

He boasts a six-pitch mix that includes a slider, sinker, cutter, changeup, curveball and four-seam fastball. His sinker and four-seamer sit in the low 90s but he's shown good control with both.

McGee is not a prospect to be overly excited about but he could provide some organizational depth for a team that was completely decimated by injuries this season.

The 24-year-old will have a chance to prove himself at spring training if he can stick on the 40-man roster throughout the winter.

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Published Oct 5, 2022

SCOTT NEVILLE

Scott Neville covers the Boston Red Sox for Sports Illustrated's new page "Inside The Red Sox." Before starting "Inside The Red Sox", Neville attended Merrimack College, where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and Media with a minor in Marketing. Neville spent all four years with Merrimack's radio station WMCK, where he grew as a radio/podcast host and producer. His propensity for being in front of a microphone eventually expanded to film, where he produced multiple short films alongside his then-roommate and current co-worker Stephen Mottram. On a journey that began as a way to receive easy credits via film classes, he received a call from "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" star Charlie Day. Day advised him to make a feature-length film, which he completed his senior year. While writing the film, Neville completed an internship for United Way as part of their NFL Partnership Program. Neville ran the blog for a team of interns and hosted an internet show called "United Way's NFL Partnership Series" where he interviewed NFL alumni. After college Neville wrote for SB Nation's "Over The Monster," a Red Sox sister site of the flagship brand. His work would eventually lead him to a job as a content producer with NESN, where he would cover all sports. After developing as a writer with the top regional network in the world, he was given the opportunity to join the Sports Illustrated Media Group in his current endeavor as the publisher of "Inside The Red Sox." The successful launch and quick rise of "Inside The Red Sox" led to Neville joining the Baseball Essential ownership group, a national baseball site under SIMG. Follow him on Twitter: @ScottNeville46 Email: nevilles@merrimack.edu